We have been trying to have children for almost 3 years now. After years of trying and many procedures and surgeries for Scarlet, we hit a wall. We found a wonderful specialist who is helping us with in-vitro. We've been doing injections the past 3 weeks, twice a day. Kevin has been a wonderful nurse, ha ha. He gave me most of my injections. That has not been pleasant at all. I've had an ultrasound and blood work every other day for a week during my injections. Everything was going wonderful, until 3 days ago. My estradiol (E2) level is dropping. I am growing follicles, many many follicles. I have 12 on my right and 9 on my left. The Dr said I was responding well to the injections but my E2 kept dropping. My Dr suggested at one point that we cancel this cycle. I was a wreck. I couldn't stop crying. After another ultrasound and more bloodwork, he said based off the growth of my follicles, he thinks we should go forward. He has seen women have successful pregnancies with low E2, but there is always a chance it won't work. I may not have mature eggs. Kevin and I thought long and hard and decided to follow the Dr.'s suggestion and we are going for it. It's a gamble, but we won't know anything unless we do it. So, tomorrow, we go back to San Antonio for the egg retrieval. It's a 30 minute out patient procedure. They will attempt to fertilize all the eggs and wait to see if they grow. The procedure will be at 11:30 am tomorrow. We will keep everyone posted once we get a call from the Dr to see if we had viable eggs. Wish us luck and keep us in your prayers.
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